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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attends a news conference on the government shutdown on Oct. 8, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Johnson: Epstein vote coming "next week"

Alex Galbraith

Representatives forced a floor vote on their first day back in session

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House Republicans rip Senate GOP payday

Garrett Owen

A provision in the bill to reopen the federal government could line several senators up for hefty payouts

President Donald Trump, Belgian model Ingrid Seynhaeve, and American businessman Jeffrey Epstein attend the Victoria's Secret “Angels” party on April 28, 1997. (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images)

Trump calls Epstein emails a distraction

Alex Galbraith

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt added that Trump "did nothing wrong"

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell speaks during a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens at Seattle Center on July 4, 2025. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

Seattle mayoral race tightens

Blaise Malley

After trailing by over 10,000 votes on Election Day, Katie Wilson now leads Seattle’s mayoral race

Grocery delivery (encrier )

Grocers fill the SNAP gap

Joy Saha

As SNAP benefits lag amid a government shutdown, retailers are stepping in to help families get food

Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Emails: Trump "knew about the girls"

Garrett Owen

Epstein said Trump was "that dog that hasn't barked"

Elle Fanning as Thia and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as Dek in "Predator: Badlands" (20th Century Studios)

Diversity is Badlands’ secret weapon

Melanie McFarland

The latest in the "Predator" franchise is a rallying cry for the underestimated to find strength in each other

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on  Aug. 22, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

MAGA rages over Trump's visa comments

Blaise Malley

The president argued Americans "don’t have certain talents" while defending the H-1B worker visa program

Cacio e pepe rolls (Ashlie Stevens )

Cheesy, oven-fresh cacio e pepe rolls

Ashlie D. Stevens

Soft, buttery dough swirled with Parmesan and black pepper

(Getty Images)

Trump's enemies list keeps growing

Heather Digby Parton

Retribution on behalf of the president is now the Justice Department's primary focus

President Donald Trump prepares to speak after watching the 250th birthday parade of the U.S. Army, which also coincides with his own birthday, on June 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

MAGA will strike back harder than ever

Chauncey DeVega

Far from being a lame duck, Trump and MAGA will only escalate their attacks on democracy

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. ((Photo by Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images))

The US will lose its measles-free status

Kathryn H. Jacobsen - The Conversation

Canada eliminated measles in 1998 but had a major outbreak in 2025

Vice President J.D. Vance (L) and President Trump spoke at the annual Arlington National Cemetery. They emphasized service members’ ongoing sacrifices amid continued funding issues for the Veterans Administration.

Trump makes Veterans Day about himself

CK Smith

A ceremony meant to honor heroes, Trump repurposed it into celebrating political conquest, and got backlash again

Conservative think-tank finds itself in some internal revolt as the leadership opted to support a recent interview with a known White Nationalist. (RoosterHD / Getty Images)

Heritage Foundation's identity crisis

CK Smith

Once a center of conservative intellect, it now finds itself in internal revolt over its support for anti-Semitism.

Patti Smith, 1977 (Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

Patti Smith opens her story's last door

Caryn Rose

In "Bread of Angels," Smith reflects tenderly on her life with her late husband, transforming grief into art

Salt Lake City may be a blue dot in a deep-red state, but GOP efforts to redistrict even further failed as a Utah judge halts their gerrymandering efforts. (dk_photos / Getty Images)

Gerrymandering fails in a red state

CK Smith

Utah Judge halts GOP's new political map of Salt Lake City, giving Democrats a rare victory in deep-red state

(Getty Images)

Marriage equality is still at risk

Austin Sarat

Just like with Roe v. Wade, opponents of marriage equality are playing a long game

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the Capitol on Oct. 21, 2025. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Dems of all stripes say Schumer must go

Jason Kyle Howard

Despite his "no" vote, the Senate deal to reopen the government bears Schumer’s fingerprints

U.S. flag hangs over a church in Plano, Texas. (Photo by Stewart  F. House/Getty Images)

The Texas church training GOP candidates

Marissa Greene, Cecilia Lenzen - ProPublica

"There is no separation between church and state," one graduate said

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on October 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump: MTG putting on "act" for Dems

Alex Galbraith

Greene has been critical of the president's foreign policy moves

Same-sex marriage supporter Vin Testa, of Washington, DC, waves a LGBTQIA pride flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building as he makes pictures with his friend Donte Gonzalez to celebrate the anniversary of the United States v. Windsor and the Obergefell v. Hodges decisions on June 26, 2023. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SCOTUS refuses to overturn gay marriage

Garrett Owen

Supporters of the decision say it "reaffirms" legal rights and precedent

Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City addresses at the Free Iran World Summit 2025. (Photo by Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Trump pardons Giuliani, allies

Garrett Owen

Critics called it a "permission slip" to interfere with future elections

(L-R) Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as "women in the workplace" from the movie "9 to 5" in 1980 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

No, women did not "ruin the workplace"

Andi Zeisler

When your debate centers on whether women should exist in public, you’ve already lost

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak to the media outside the Capitol on April 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Shutdown vote blasted as "pathetic"

Garrett Owen

The move brought widespread criticism — including calls for Sen. Chuck Schumer to resign

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